What's wrong?" Alana asked.
"He won't leave the vault and won't let anyone near it either," he replied. "I suspected this might happen, and believe you are the only one who can convince him to leave peacefully."
"Why me?"
"Your bond," he said. "Unless I'm much mistaken, he will treat you as he would treat the gold, so you should be safe."
Alana hovered indecisively for a few moments, not sure of how to respond. "What makes you think I can do anything?"
Lord Borden continued. "I know of your parentage Lady Alana."
She covered her mouth. "How could you possibly...?"
"I own The Bank," he said simply. "One does achieve that position by being uninformed. I assume your birth parents ensured you were trained for diplomacy?"
She nodded.
"Then please use that training to help Ethan. If he
